New envoy to Saudi Arabia

The Government has nominated Ahmed Aflal Jawad as the new Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Jawad joined the Sri Lankan foreign service in 1988 as deputy chief of protocol and subsequently served in Stockholm, Paris and Beijing as third secretary, first secretary and minister, respectively. In 2004, he became the island ambassador in Oslo. In 2007 he became the director general of economic affairs at the Foreign Ministry.

An old boy of the Royal College, Jawad excelled in his curricular and extra-curricular activities before graduating from the University of Ceylon. He is the son of prominent social worker M.F.A. Jawad, who was the personal assistant to Sir Razick Fareed, the acclaimed leader of the Sri Lankan Moors.